A behavioural addiction is when you repeat a behaviour over and over because you gain pleasure from it for example, gambling, the internet, shopping and sex. It becomes an addiction when you start to ignore all the negative consequences and still carry on with the addiction because you can’...
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This cognitive loss of inhibitory control in addiction was initially proposed to be derived from dopamine-mediated neuronal circuits involved in reward learning, conditioning, and habit formation (Everitt et al, 2001). However, several functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have demon- ...
The historical patterns of opiate use show that sources and methods of access greatly influence who is at risk. Today, there is evidence that an enormous increase in the availability of prescription opiates is fuelling a rise in addiction nationally, drawing in new initiates to these drugs and ...
Addiction Profile Index BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory BDI: Beck Depression Inventory BSU: Beliefs About Substance Use CBQ: Craving Beliefs Questionnaire DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ICD: International Statistical Classification of Diseases PC: Pearson correlation coeffici...
In drug addiction, this construct has been used for a relatively short time [10]. Although sexual dysfunction is not life threatening, it may often result in withdrawal from sexual intimacy, thereby reducing quality of life [11]. Therefore, we conducted this study to investigate sexual ...